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>> i am going to support mitt romney. i was undecided, many months ago, leaning towards john huntsman. he did not spend much time in iowa. so, when i was looking at the other candidates, they scared me away from gingrich, even though he did a good job working with clinton. but the ethics community organization, getting fined, and the money he took from freddie mack. and as far as -- if i had a second choice, i would pick rick santorum. rick perry doesn't impress me. so -- my prediction is that on tuesday night, mitt romney will win the iowa caucus. a second-place finish. and then a strong third finish from paul. but i don't think paul will get the token monination. i -- nomination. i think ron paul is out there with foreign policy. i like what he wants to do and that he's out there. >> thanks very much. historically, the republican caucuses have taken place -- no candidate has won both. it will be interesting to see what happens a week from tuesday. the primary test on january 10. and then the february intermission. a han
>> i am going to support mitt romney. i was undecided, many months ago, leaning towards john huntsman. he did not spend much time in iowa. so, when i was looking at the other candidates, they scared me away from gingrich, even though he did a good job working with clinton. but the ethics community organization, getting fined, and the money he took from freddie mack. and as far as -- if i had a second choice, i would pick rick santorum. rick perry doesn't impress me. so -- my prediction is...
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are they looking to see how president obama and mitt romney are coping? host: caller: it gives somewhat of an edge to president obama because allows him to be presidential, to come in and do the sorts of things president can do. it allows them to act and to step outside of politics for a moment. he has done all the right things. he is from the part of the country. i think a little bit of an edge goes to obama. in times of natural disaster and international distress, people can turn to a present to look for leadership. host: in a few moments we'll take a look at one in the debate vilsck with christine dell se and steve king. caller: it is interesting. this is a heavily republican district. she has run a very long and active campaign, giving speaking probably the race of his lifetime. it is unclear whether she can actually get him that she is making him run for his efforts to stay in office. we have never had to see seeking actually campaign. she forced him into it. caller: how much of the drought this summer is still an issue? guest: this is the most rural
are they looking to see how president obama and mitt romney are coping? host: caller: it gives somewhat of an edge to president obama because allows him to be presidential, to come in and do the sorts of things president can do. it allows them to act and to step outside of politics for a moment. he has done all the right things. he is from the part of the country. i think a little bit of an edge goes to obama. in times of natural disaster and international distress, people can turn to a present...
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there are specifics that governor romney could go after. he is not. >> he's not been willing to talk about it. even some of the president's allies are disappointed with his stance on housing. they have not come close watctot they set out to do. gov. romney does not have a whole lot of detail out there that he wants to talk. he has been reluctant to talk. that is a contrast to senator mccain who had a pretty aggressive housing market plan. this is an illustration and that being less aggressive than the republican opposition wanted to be. >> we will have to leave it there. thank you both. >> thank you. >> what our "newsmakers" program with shaun donovan again today at 6:00 p.m. on c-span. >> it is the first thing an article, getting medicare costs under control. it is the number one priority. it is the most untouchable thing. that will cause more trouble than any other problem we've got this bill the, getting medicare costs under control is the number-one thing. >> the sale we also charged eight obies for their medicare coverage. -- you say w
there are specifics that governor romney could go after. he is not. >> he's not been willing to talk about it. even some of the president's allies are disappointed with his stance on housing. they have not come close watctot they set out to do. gov. romney does not have a whole lot of detail out there that he wants to talk. he has been reluctant to talk. that is a contrast to senator mccain who had a pretty aggressive housing market plan. this is an illustration and that being less...
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mitt romney spoke from washington, d.c. and said if americans get rid of obamacare there have to replace president obama. these remarks are about 10 minutes. good afternoon. earlier today, the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the affordable care act -- the name of the health care reform we passed two years ago. in doing so, they've reaffirmed a fundamental principle that here in america -- in the wealthiest nation on earth no illness or accident should lead to any family's financial ruin. i know there will be a lot of discussion today about the politics of all this, about who won and who lost. that's how these things tend to be viewed here in washington. but that discussion completely misses the point. whatever the politics, today's decision was a victory for people all over this country whose lives will be more secure because of this law and the supreme court's decision to uphold it. and because this law has a direct impact on so many americans, i want to take this opportunity to talk about exactly what it mea
mitt romney spoke from washington, d.c. and said if americans get rid of obamacare there have to replace president obama. these remarks are about 10 minutes. good afternoon. earlier today, the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of the affordable care act -- the name of the health care reform we passed two years ago. in doing so, they've reaffirmed a fundamental principle that here in america -- in the wealthiest nation on earth no illness or accident should lead to any family's...
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governor romney advocated to president obama the federal government adopt massachusetts romney-care. that is bad enough. he has gone out during the time obamacare was being proposed, and he encouraged president obama to adopt an individual mandate, to adopt romney-care for the model on the federal level. throughout the course of this campaign, he has maintained that he did not do that. there is one thing to make a mistake. there is another thing to go out and deliberately misrepresent to the people of this country what your position is. i can tell you, we need someone who the american public can trust. i will go out there and tell you what i believe all the time. [applause] we need a president who understands what is going to get this economy going and put forth a bold economic plan. the "wall street journal" compared our economic plan with mitt romney's. they called it supply-side economics for the working man. we take the existing tax code and we throw the existing tax code out. we take the tax rate and we reduce it to 28%. we get rid of the tax code and replace it with five simple
governor romney advocated to president obama the federal government adopt massachusetts romney-care. that is bad enough. he has gone out during the time obamacare was being proposed, and he encouraged president obama to adopt an individual mandate, to adopt romney-care for the model on the federal level. throughout the course of this campaign, he has maintained that he did not do that. there is one thing to make a mistake. there is another thing to go out and deliberately misrepresent to the...
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romney said he would. i think there is much queck do first with social security and then with -- i think there is much we can do first with social security and then with medicare. that is under the administration's control. >> let's talk about the agenda you want to bring to the new congress. one of the most ambitious goals he played out is on the budget side. limiting spending to 20% of g.d.p. and limiting domestic spending to 16% of g.d.p. by your calculation that would require $500 billion in reductions by 2016, especially in light of reversing what president obama was doing. can you give us an idea of where you would squeeze to get down to that level of spending? >> it sounds extreme the way you ask it. let's remember that 20% was the number for decades and decades and decades prior to the financial crisis. this is not some rocket science thing to do. i think it is the usual suspects. discretionary spending has to be re -- reviewed. those things are very, very important. we can get back to the 20%, and
romney said he would. i think there is much queck do first with social security and then with -- i think there is much we can do first with social security and then with medicare. that is under the administration's control. >> let's talk about the agenda you want to bring to the new congress. one of the most ambitious goals he played out is on the budget side. limiting spending to 20% of g.d.p. and limiting domestic spending to 16% of g.d.p. by your calculation that would require $500...
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the polls have it all one way for mitt romney. i do not believe that it is going to be that lopsided. certainly, he is going to win big appear. the fight is really going to be for the second and third place. dr. paul has a strong support base and he will do well. and then the question is, whether newt gingrich or rick santorum, or jon huntsman, can survive new hampshire and move on through the south. >> you have supported speaker gingrich. what does he need to do between now and tuesday to keep moving up the polls? >> he has to make an impression . the piece at the diner was interesting. the waitress was going to be watching tonight's debate. there is also one tomorrow morning. i think that that is going to events the decision making for a lot people. if any of those candidates physically makes it to sunday afternoon, we should give them the title. they have to debate from 9:00 until 0:00 tonight. then the debate tomorrow is on meet the press from 9:30 until 10:30. as i understand it, candidates have to be there at 7:00 in the mor
the polls have it all one way for mitt romney. i do not believe that it is going to be that lopsided. certainly, he is going to win big appear. the fight is really going to be for the second and third place. dr. paul has a strong support base and he will do well. and then the question is, whether newt gingrich or rick santorum, or jon huntsman, can survive new hampshire and move on through the south. >> you have supported speaker gingrich. what does he need to do between now and tuesday...
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they got stuck with mitt romney. host: california has gone from a republican to a purple to a solid democratic state. what has changed? ronald reagan winning back in 1984. guest: i am proud to take a little bit of credit for that four at one time being the democratic party chair in california. the republican party is a mirror of the national republican party in the sense that i think they lost track of where the country was moving. republican registration in ronald reagan's day was 63.5% republican. today it is less than 30%. democrats did a good job of registering voters, but the republican party lost all of those people by their extreme right-wing philosophy and policies. host: pete wilson on the issue of immigration. why is that a mirror image? guest: we always had a hard time convincing latinos to vote, to register and to vote. we called them the sleeping giant. the sleeping giant woke up. he will send put an anti- immigration initiative on the ballot. the latino community came alive. a registered. now, they are
they got stuck with mitt romney. host: california has gone from a republican to a purple to a solid democratic state. what has changed? ronald reagan winning back in 1984. guest: i am proud to take a little bit of credit for that four at one time being the democratic party chair in california. the republican party is a mirror of the national republican party in the sense that i think they lost track of where the country was moving. republican registration in ronald reagan's day was 63.5%...
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romney has an advantage over men. it does not sound very natural to me. >> on the last premise, no candidate starts with a gender gap among women in this country. you work for it and you earn it and you talk to them about issues that matter to them in their lives. any democrat who went to the 2010 election can tell you that because there was no gender gap. women broke free much 5050. --. the reason there is a gender gap in the ceiling -- in this election, it works very well in a candid if level. -- in the candidates level. the president signed, the first bill he signed into law would give women better pay. he signed the lee ledbetter -- the lilly ledbetter act. when you talk to women about health care, they're not just decisions about health care. when you say you want to get rid of planned parenthood, there are women in this country who are primary breadwinners, who get mammograms who get pap smears and get treatment there that they cannot get anywhere else. it keeps them strong for their families. it keeps them stro
romney has an advantage over men. it does not sound very natural to me. >> on the last premise, no candidate starts with a gender gap among women in this country. you work for it and you earn it and you talk to them about issues that matter to them in their lives. any democrat who went to the 2010 election can tell you that because there was no gender gap. women broke free much 5050. --. the reason there is a gender gap in the ceiling -- in this election, it works very well in a candid if...
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he said if i can come to romney, you can come to romney. [applause] tonight think about the future? i know the best way you are encouraged to think about the future is to think about your children and grandchildren. think about some of our other progeny's out there. think of chris christie. mark rubio. nikki haley. i think of paul ryan who used to carry my books. [applause] it is all true. now i say, i know paul ryan. i know paul ryan. [laughter] we hiked last year in colorado. i think i was that close to getting him to run. i ran out of steam and he went ahead and that was it. i lost the argument. we have a great bench. i only mention the third of them. we have a lot of people coming along in the conservative movement. i am very optimistic. the other thing is one of the great blessings of my life. i have had the opportunity to write a three volume history of america. i wrote it because our major problem -- remember i am the secretary of education so i am biased. people do not know what america is. our young people do not know what this country is. [applause] they do not know that i
he said if i can come to romney, you can come to romney. [applause] tonight think about the future? i know the best way you are encouraged to think about the future is to think about your children and grandchildren. think about some of our other progeny's out there. think of chris christie. mark rubio. nikki haley. i think of paul ryan who used to carry my books. [applause] it is all true. now i say, i know paul ryan. i know paul ryan. [laughter] we hiked last year in colorado. i think i was...
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cathy rodgers is an effective surrogate for romney. she is from the tom foley district in central south washington. it is an agricultural area. spokane is the population center. i believe spokane reaches out to the east, for those of you remember raymond carver stories. she is a charismatic politician. she is able to articulate the republican agenda in a way that is not threatening to people. and she has been running pretty hard. price has kept a low profile, but seems to have accumulated quite a bit of support within the republican conference of the last few years. >> are you going to predict a winner? >> i am not. >> and what is nancy pelosi going to do for the rest of her life? >> i'm going to call my lifeline. right now all eyes are on nancy pelosi. about a week and a half ago, mr. pelosi announced that the democratic leadership and elections for house were going to be moved to after thanksgiving. the house republican leadership elections in the senate and the democratic and republican leadership elections are all going to be next
cathy rodgers is an effective surrogate for romney. she is from the tom foley district in central south washington. it is an agricultural area. spokane is the population center. i believe spokane reaches out to the east, for those of you remember raymond carver stories. she is a charismatic politician. she is able to articulate the republican agenda in a way that is not threatening to people. and she has been running pretty hard. price has kept a low profile, but seems to have accumulated quite...
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both the president of mitt romney have talked about this kind of approach. let me ask you about that. can you get the revenue you need by capping those deductions without raising overall marginal tax rates? >> if you stay in today's tax rates and put an overall cap on tax expenditures, deductions, municipal-bond interest equal to 2% of each individual's adjusted gross income, that produces about $150 billion at next year's annual rate. over 10 years with the economy growing, that is about $2 trillion. you can raise a lot of revenue doing that. >> is what -- do you subscribe to those numbers? does that provide a middle ground solution here when the president says he wants to see higher tax rates. john vitter says axel in not. >> -- john boehner says clearly not. >> it is a lot easier to say at this level of generality. it becomes harder to enacted. the number of times of with the head of the cbo, senator so and so would call me up and say i want to talk about tax reform and i would walk in and the head is one talking point which is brought in the base and low
both the president of mitt romney have talked about this kind of approach. let me ask you about that. can you get the revenue you need by capping those deductions without raising overall marginal tax rates? >> if you stay in today's tax rates and put an overall cap on tax expenditures, deductions, municipal-bond interest equal to 2% of each individual's adjusted gross income, that produces about $150 billion at next year's annual rate. over 10 years with the economy growing, that is about...
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[laughter] governor romney, we would like to have you on fox news sunday. i will tell you afterwards the horrible thing this man said. >> did you get enough information to lead you into tomorrow? >> certainly. this is first-rate cram thank- you very much haraha. >> ladies and gentlemen, we will invite you to book signing in front of the auditorium parent and we thank more again chris for a great evening at -- and we think mike and chris for a great evening. thank you very much. [applause] ♪ >> the house democratic steering committee last week heard testimony on the impact wall street oil speculation is having on gas prices. the committee heard testimony from former trading director at the commodity futures trading commission and the president of the independent connecticut petroleum marketers association. according to aaa, the national average for a gallon of gas last week stood at $3.93. that is up more than 65 cents since the beginning of the year. >> good afternoon, everyone. i am pleased to call to order this important meeting of the steering and puls
[laughter] governor romney, we would like to have you on fox news sunday. i will tell you afterwards the horrible thing this man said. >> did you get enough information to lead you into tomorrow? >> certainly. this is first-rate cram thank- you very much haraha. >> ladies and gentlemen, we will invite you to book signing in front of the auditorium parent and we thank more again chris for a great evening at -- and we think mike and chris for a great evening. thank you very...
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please join me in welcoming to the stage, governor mitt romney. [applause] ♪ i was born free i was born free >> thank you. ♪ thank you. please. thank you. what a remarkable thing to do which it get up on saturday morning and, listen to politicians. you guys are just fabulous. i appreciate you being here, and i know you're not just here for me. i particularly appreciate the extraordinary introduction of your congressmen paul ryan. what a leader in our party. what a conservative. [applause] >> i very much appreciate his support and endorsement, and appreciate the that the you are focused on doing what has to be done, getting our country back on track, and replacing barack obama. that is a job we need to get done soon. [applause] >> i listened to congressman ryan, and he described almost every policy area that we confront, the challenges we have, and the importance of this election. i thought i would take a moment to talk about the process, the experience i have had of getting a chance to go across the country and meet fellow americans. i had not
please join me in welcoming to the stage, governor mitt romney. [applause] ♪ i was born free i was born free >> thank you. ♪ thank you. please. thank you. what a remarkable thing to do which it get up on saturday morning and, listen to politicians. you guys are just fabulous. i appreciate you being here, and i know you're not just here for me. i particularly appreciate the extraordinary introduction of your congressmen paul ryan. what a leader in our party. what a conservative....
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if the romney takes the presidency and republicans hold the house and take the senate. i am not so sure -- there are elements of dodd-frank that are popular. there is a lot of noise about dismantling the cftb. whether people follow through on that, i have doubts. they may try to weaken it and weaken its power. they might try to make it more subject to the will of congress, taking away its independent funding stream from the fed. >> i can see that happening. i see that as a more likely possibility. host: gary is on the republican line. thank you for waiting caller:. my question, will this new law prevent homeowners from using the house like an atm machine? host: that is a good question. i cannot think of anything in this law that would prevent folks from taking a out home equity loans -- home equity lines of credit on their house and using it like an atm machine. i know that it does make banks think twice about lending money to folks in terms of heightened requirements, more things that they have to keep in mind -- they have to make sure the bars have an ability to repay
if the romney takes the presidency and republicans hold the house and take the senate. i am not so sure -- there are elements of dodd-frank that are popular. there is a lot of noise about dismantling the cftb. whether people follow through on that, i have doubts. they may try to weaken it and weaken its power. they might try to make it more subject to the will of congress, taking away its independent funding stream from the fed. >> i can see that happening. i see that as a more likely...
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i hope will be the case, then we do a review by the newly elected president whether it is governor romney or president obama. the present largely defers to commanders. this is my instinct about where we need to go. >> i want to thank the bacrankig member. cried thank you. let me defer to my colleague who was more prompt than i was. >> thank you. maybe more of the commanders were is the leadership graphic? maybe they were set up a something further down the road? and other tribal areas have different commanders? >> let me ask my colleagues who may know certain areas there than i do appeared generous speaking i believe a while many of the tajik leaders come from the northern parts many are thought the country. the main problem, there are ethnic issues. they have done very well with that even only try to incentivize them. there are challenges. i do not want to trivialize it. so that they have to rely on the kurds from other provinces. >> you are saying that we have this tax >? >> i think the elite paramilitary, acting as if the 50% + tajik. that causes you some concern. the units are individ
i hope will be the case, then we do a review by the newly elected president whether it is governor romney or president obama. the present largely defers to commanders. this is my instinct about where we need to go. >> i want to thank the bacrankig member. cried thank you. let me defer to my colleague who was more prompt than i was. >> thank you. maybe more of the commanders were is the leadership graphic? maybe they were set up a something further down the road? and other tribal...
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much more the case of kellen or romney winds the election. second, there are a whole series
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by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> mitt romney also spoke. he accused the white house of leaking classified information about the u.s. military raid that killed osama bin ladin. his remarks are just under half an hour. >> thank you. the was quite an introduction. i appreciate your generous words. it is a real source of pride for us to see a combat veteran from massachusetts serving as the national commander of the vfw. great job. thank you. ladies auxiliary president, incoming national commander, in coming ladies auxiliary president, general, executive director, distinguished guests and members of the vfw, thank you for your generous welcome. i want to start today with a few words about the unimaginable tragedy in colorado last week. we have since learned that among the victims were four people who served our country in uniform. today our hearts go out to the families of those victims. a navy veteran died shielding his girlfriend from the spray of bullets. the loss of four americans who served our country only adds to the profound
by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> mitt romney also spoke. he accused the white house of leaking classified information about the u.s. military raid that killed osama bin ladin. his remarks are just under half an hour. >> thank you. the was quite an introduction. i appreciate your generous words. it is a real source of pride for us to see a combat veteran from massachusetts serving as the national commander of the vfw. great...